{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-257.040","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 257.040","heading":"Places diseased animals prohibited.","body":"No person who has in his possession any domestic animal infected with a reportable\ndisease shall:\n(1) Permit such an animal to run at large;\n(2) Keep such an animal where other domestic animals, not affected with or previously\nexposed to the disease, may become infected with or exposed to it;\n(3) Permit such an animal to go on, across, or along any public highway, or in any field\nor lot adjacent to any public highway, or in any field through which flows a stream;\nor\n(4) Transport, sell, offer for sale, trad e or give away such an animal, except upon\npermission or approval from the state veterinarian.","path":["KRS Chapter 257"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=12343","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:53:06Z","sha256":"08f42352e111217c0eaf82474f5b38346687f68f5a8e2a712225d599f20fd5dd","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-257.030","next":"us-ky/krs-257.050"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}